Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 's life is known by the famous American writer "Amazing, black comedy and science fiction novel work" (Kurt Vonnegut). Kurt Vonnegut is the most famous science fiction writer, but his reader knows that he does not think he is like him. He used to say "he learned from a reviewer," he said he was a science fiction writer. Whatever Kurt Vonnegut thinks about him, he is one of the most popular science fiction writers in history.
Kurt Vonnegut, Junior Kurt · Vonnegut, Junior Life and work was born on 11th November 1922, Indianapolis, Indiana. His father is an excellent architect and his mother is the daughter of a wealthy winemaker. They are liberal, atheists and wealthy third generation Germans, occupying a distinguished place in the social scene of the city. Vonnegut's brothers and sisters got educated at a private school but the Great Depression caused a sharp decline in family income and Voneget could no longer pay such luxury costs and pay Vonegt's educational expenses I could not do it. . This change was a trauma to the parents of Vonnegut and brought the death of his mother Edith in 1944. Vonnegut adapted well to public schools where he began working as a newspaper reporter at Short Ridge High School.
© 2015 eNotes.com, Inc. or its licensor. Please refer to the copyright information at the end of this document.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was born on 11th November 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is the youngest of Kurt Vonnegut Sr and his wife Edith (born Lieber). His brothers and sisters are Bernard (born in 1914) and Alice (born in 1917). Vonnegut was a descendant of a German immigrant settled in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century. His father 's grandfather, Clemens Vonnegut of Westfalen, Germany, settled in Indianapolis and founded Vonegoto Hardware. Kurt's father and his father Bernard is an architect, the construction company of Kurt Sr. designed Das Deutsche Haus (now called "Athenæum"), Bell Telephone's Indiana headquarters, and Fletcher Trust Building. It is a building. Vonnegut's mother was born in the upper class of Indianapolis. The reason is that her family Lieber is the wealthiest man in town, and their wealth comes from the ownership of a successful brewery.